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Yep. That is after the repave and I haven't been to this track since 2013. I expect that we can get another 2 + seconds out of the car during a race, especially if it is warmer and hadn't rained a while lot.

I think the champcar fast lap will be around a 1:15 during the race....

Fast lap from the last chumpcar race is a 1:19.9. Set in 2013 by one of the swapped mr2s.

Knowing the car and knowing the track, I would bet the MR2s will be closer to 10 to 12 seconds a lap faster now as the reduction of 400+ pounds of un-needed weight will really help.

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Holy cow! Be careful out there boys and girls, if you leave the racing surface, the speeds will be up there and the sudden stop penalties will be high.

Indeed. A bump at the apex, hmmm. Might mean a lift to settle, which is fine. I will be pounding my guys about the importance of staying on the track, especially since I'll be installing a splitter and wing. I need to remind myself even more, haha. I expected my Miata should be in the 1:17 range, but damn, a 1:15? Guess we will see.

This is such a man's track, but luckily I recruited a bunch of strong drivers to pilot the car. Can't wait.

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Indeed. A bump at the apex, hmmm. Might mean a lift to settle, which is fine. I will be pounding my guys about the importance of staying on the track, especially since I'll be installing a splitter and wing. I need to remind myself even﻿ more, haha. I expected my Miata should be in the 1:17 range, but damn, a 1:15? Guess we will see.

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This is such a man's track, but luckily I recruited a bunch of strong drivers to pilot the car. Can't wait.

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Indeed. A bump at the apex, hmmm. Might mean a lift to settle, which is fine. I will be pounding my guys about the importance of staying on the track, especially since I'll be installing a splitter and wing. I need to remind myself even more, haha. I expected my Miata should be in the 1:17 range, but damn, a 1:15? Guess we will see.

This is such a man's track, but luckily I recruited a bunch of strong drivers to pilot the car. Can't wait.

Everybody is going to lift most of the time. You can't help it even if the car can do it..... It isnt worth any time really to go flat out through there and it just makes the next braking zone less forgiving.

To clarify, I did not do a 1:15. That is my guess as to what the fast laps of the race will be. Unless Biohazard shows up, apparently Bill Strong thinks they will do a 1:08....

This is my wifes favorite track..... Man's track.... She smoked your butt last time we raced there together.... 😂

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Everybody is going to lift most of the time. You can't help it even if the car can do it..... It isnt worth any time really to go flat out through there and it just makes the next braking zone less forgiving.

To clarify, I did not do a 1:15. That is my guess as to what the fast laps of the race will be. Unless Biohazard shows up, apparently Bill Strong thinks they will do a 1:08....

This is my wifes favorite track..... Man's track.... She smoked your butt last time we raced there together.... 😂

Maybe she did! Last time I was there our first driver destroyed the trans, and we ended up with 4th gear and only 4th gear. It was really hard to get going off pit road. I was pretty proud of my 1:22 using only 4th.

When I say man's track, I do not mean that as derogatory comment to your wife. I know her, she's fast on the track and a good person, congrats. But I guess it takes a lot of courage to be fast at NL. Courage to drive deep into the carousel, courage to hustle the car around 1-2-3, and courage through the kink. And it takes courage to go fast in pitch black night conditions, often with fog rolling in. Or stupidity. You can probably substitute stupidity for courage in the above. L When you screw up at NL, it could mean a rollover, a flip, or something hit HARD. It's the anti-NCM.

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Maybe she did! Last time I was there our first driver destroyed the trans, and we ended up with 4th gear and only 4th gear. It was really hard to get going off pit road. I was pretty proud of my 1:22 using only 4th.

When I say man's track, I do not mean that as derogatory comment to your wife. I know her, she's fast on the track and a good person, congrats. But I guess it takes a lot of courage to be fast at NL. Courage to drive deep into the carousel, courage to hustle the car around 1-2-3, and courage through the kink. And it takes courage to go fast in pitch black night conditions, often with fog rolling in. Or stupidity. You can probably substitute stupidity for courage in the above. L When you screw up at NL, it could mean a rollover, a flip, or something hit HARD. It's the anti-NCM.

I didnt mean to make it sound like I was actually offended (I am not and she wouldnt be either!).

It does take huge attachments to run Nelson's quickly. At driver changes Julie gives the cajones back while we are swapping HANS devices. It is all worked into the choreography of the pit stop sequence.

I remember you and I battling the last or second to last stint in the dark. My lights sucked so bad that I ran my fastest laps trying to catch you so i could use your headlights to see!